History of the
Automated Manufacturing Research Facility at the National Institute of
Standards and Technology under a contract with NIST.

Research and writing:Zenzen conducted primary source research at
the laboratory and reviewed engineering and manufacturing journals at the
University of Maryland libraries.Conducted 35 oral history interviews with scientists and engineers
involved in the program.Wrote a
five-chapter book, including photographs and appendices.Wrote an informational brochure about the
Manufacturing Laboratory.

Results:This history captured a unique point in the
history of the manufacturing engineering lab’s work and helped NIST mark its
centennial.Zenzen gave an invited talk
at NIST in March 2001.

History of nuclear production
reactors while working as a Historian at History Associates
Incorporated.

Research and writing:Trained and supervised two research
historians in primary source research; collaborated with senior historian and
co-founder Rodney Carlisle on the research and writing of a history of nuclear
production reactors; wrote two chapters of the original manuscript; edited
other chapters.

Results:This history chronicled for the first time
the development of the Hanford and Savannah River production reactors in
relationship to the overall governmental program.